Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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On December 28, 2016, one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, Reynolds was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, in fair-to-serious condition after suffering a stroke at her son's home. Later that afternoon, she died in the hospital. Her son Todd Fisher tweeted that her last words were that she wanted to be "with Carrie." Reynolds, 84, complained of breathing problems, an unidentified source told the Los Angeles Times. The Times notes that, unlike Fisher, Reyno...
Carrie Fisher has died at UCLA Hospital's Ronald Reagan Medical Center, at 8:55 am PST Tuesday. She was 60 years old. Fans, who remembered her mostly for her role as Princess Leia, shared their feelings on Social Media following Christmas. It was as if Darth Vaader had prevailed in "A New Hope." "A million voice's are crying out tonight... Carrie Fisher was very intelligent, funny,forthright and a film icon she will be sadly missed," said Bryan Dow. "Now a million voices cry out in mourning....
John Herschel Glenn Jr., 95 has died, reports the Washington Post. Cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but was rumored to be cancer. Glenn was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. He was one of the "Mercury Seven" group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America's first astronauts and fly the Project Mercury spacecraft. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission and became the first American to orbit the...
The Ghost Ship fire in Oakland killed at least 33 people, including David Cline of Santa Monica. He was apparently moved to Berkeley and studied there. His name was released along with the names of 12 other victims in the historic tragedy. Other names and ages of victims released Sunday night include: Cash Askew, 22, Nick Gomez-Hall, 25, Sara Hoda, 30, Donna Kellogg, 32, Nex Iuguolo, 32, Family have also identified Pete Wadsworth, Barrett Clark, Ara Jo and 17-year-old Draven McGill as missing...
Florence Henderson, one of America's most beloved television moms, has died with heart failure at age 82. Her manager, Kayla Pressman, says Henderson had not been sick, and her death came as a great shock to all who knew her. The actress died surrounded by friends and family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The actress played Carol Brady on the popular TV show "The Brady Bunch" for ten years, from 1969 to 1979. The show about a blended family with six adorable children became a...
Cuban revolutionary and dictator Fidel Castro has died, said his brother Raul in a statement read on Cuban State TV. Raul, 87, succeeded his brother years ago as the country's leader. Born in Birán as the son of a wealthy farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imperialist politics while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista,...
Dear friends: My friend and champion of the people, Bill Bauer, has passed. Our city will not be the same without him. I know I will miss him dearly. He was one of a kind. Bill knew our City and loved our City. In his weekly "My Write" column in the Daily Press, Bill took on the phony politicians and exposed their hypocrisies like an old style journalist. He told the truth and we needed to hear it. He is irreplaceable. It's ironic that even as Bill was forced to discontinue his column because...
If you've spent the last 40 years living in a rent controlled apartment in Santa Monica, you can thank Tom Hayden for it. He wrote the City's rent control charter amendment, enacted by the voters in 1978. Perhaps no single person had more influence on Santa Monica in the 20th century. He died quietly last night at his home in Santa Monica at 76 years of age. Tom Hayden, the preeminent 1960s radical who roused a generation of alienated young Americans, became a symbol of militancy by leading riot...
A10563 RAND NR Masthead_V2 CS5 Contact: Warren Robak robak@rand.org 310.451.6913 OFFICE OF Charles Wolf Jr., a leading economist and founding dean of what is now the Pardee RAND Graduate School who was regarded as one of the intellectual founders of modern policy analysis, has died. He was 92. Wolf died Monday of cardiac arrest at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. "Charlie Wolf was a significant figure at RAND for much of its history," said Michael D. Rich, president and chief executive...
Gabe Rygaard, star of the canceled History Channel reality TV series Ax Men and one-time candidate for Clallam County commissioner in Washington state, died on 16 September 2016 in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 101 near his hometown of Port Angeles. He was 45 years old. The Washington State Patrol investigation reveals that Rygaard veered to avoid a slow truck, and his Ford Bronco struck that and another vehicle coming from the opposite direction. A total of seven people were in the two...
Tributes have come in from Mark Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, for the man known as Juan Gabriel. Alberto Aguilera Valadez, better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel, 66, was a Mexican singer and songwriter. Colloquially nicknamed as Juanga and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his flamboyant style, which broke barriers within the Latin music market. Having sold over 100 million copies worldwide, Juan Gabriel is among Latin America's best-selling singer-songwriters. His eighteenth...
Iconic comedy actor Gene Wilder, has died at age 83. Wilder is probably best remembered by many for his role as candy tycoon Willy Wonka in the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." He starred in a number of classic films during the 70s and 80s, many made in collaboration with his friend director Mel Brooks, including "The Producers," "Young Frankenstein," and "Blazing Saddles." Wilder's wide-eyed look came across as both childlike and mysterious, making him the perfect choice for...
English Actor Kenny Baker, 83 has died. He was most famous for playing R2-D2 in 1977's Star Wars IV: A New Hope. He played the robot in sequels as well, such as The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. R2-D2 or Artoo-Detoo is a fictional robot character in the Star Wars universe created by George Lucas, who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and the sequel trilogy. As a charismatic and mischievous astromech droid (referred to in the novel as a 'thermocapsulary...
Youree Dell Harris died Tuesday of cancer, surrounded by family and friends in Palm Beach, Florida, according to family attorney William J. Cone. "She remained a pillar of strength throughout. She has touched so many lives, both within her family and in the community," Cone said in a statement. "She will be dearly missed by us all." Harris was the face of the famous Psychic Readers Network infomercials. She was promoted as the psychic "Miss Cleo" who could read tarot cards and predict the...
Classically trained singer Marni Nixon has died at age 86. The singer's voice appeared, usually uncredited, in some of the biggest movie musicals of her era. She sang for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, for Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and hit the high notes for Marilyn Monroe in "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." She also "ghosted" nearly all of the singing for Natalie Wood in West Side Story. Nixon's agent confirmed on Sunday that she died of breast cancer. For much of her career, Nixon...
He was responsible for most of the situation comedies on prime time U.S. television during ten years in the late 70's and 80's. He was one of the most important men in Hollywood. Yet Happy Days star Ron Howard says he told people "show business is not life," and that "while it's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice." Garry Marshall was born Garry Kent Masciarelli 82 years ago. He was an American actor, director, producer, writer, voice artist, and comedian. His notable credits in...
Update: A Memorial Mass for Bill is set for St. Monica's Catholic Church, 725 California Ave., SM CA 90403, on Tuesday morning, April 5, 2016. A celebration of his life is set for Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 2 P.M. at Mar Vista Park, 11430 Woodbine Street, LA CA 90066. Former Westside Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl died today, after a 4 year fight with cancer. He was remembered by his successor, City Councilmember Mike Bonin, as a tireless advocate for his constituents, and the...
THE BRITISH COMMUNITY in Santa Monica lost one of its more famous members last week, with the death of musician Keith Emerson, keyboardist of the English supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer and one of the key figures of the progressive-rock era in the 1970s. Emerson was found dead on Friday at his home on Fifth Street in Ocean Park, the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Emerson's death was confirmed by Martin Darvill, an associate of Mr. Emerson's longtime manager, Stewart Young....
Private services were pending today for Richard Dysart, best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of hard-nosed attorney Leland McKenzie on NBC’s “L.A. Law.” Dysart died Sunday at his Santa Monica home at age 86, his wife told The Hollywood Reporter. He won an Emmy in 1992 for his work as the leader of the fictional McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak law firm on “L.A. Law.” Dysart appeared in a series of television shows in the 1960s and 70s, while also appearing in films such as “The Hospital,” “The Day of the Locust,” “The Hindenburg...
Stan Freberg, an influential master of the lampoon who channeled his off-the-wall sensibility into groundbreaking radio shows, comedy albums and hundreds of humorous television commercials for products such as chow mein and prunes, died of natural causes on Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. He was 88. His death was confirmed by his family, who said he had a number of age-related ailments, including pneumonia. Freberg’s path to the nation’s funny bone was unconventional: Unlike stand-up comics who recorded comedy albums of the...
Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America and a New York political force until a series of scandals dubbed the "Bess Mess" forced her into obscurity, has died. She was 90. Myerson died Dec. 14 at her home in Santa Monica, California, according to the Los Angeles coroner's office and Department of Public Health Vital Records Office. Her death was first reported by The New York Times. The Bronx-born Myerson was hailed as a Jewish, feminist Jackie Robinson - a groundbreaker for her religion and s...
March 10, 1983 – September 26, 2014 Patrick Joseph Fandey, better known around Santa Monica as the "Dog Walk King," passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014, at his home. He was 31 years old and had lived in Santa Monica for the past several years. Patrick was a son, a brother, a father, an uncle, a nephew and a friend to many – both two-legged and four-legged alike. He could be found on any given day walking a pack of furry friends as he WAS the "Dog Walk King!" He was a kind and gentle sou...
Justin McCowan, age 40, passed away at his Santa Monica home on Thursday, Sept 18, 2014. Justin was a Hospitality Minister at St Monica Catholic Community, an active member of LA Goal, Westside Special Olympics and Zeno Mountain Farm. Justin is survived by: parents, Annamarie & Don McCowan; siblings, Donald, Kristin, Jonathan & Joseph McCowan; Sister-in-laws Cynthia Neese McCowan and Emily Greenfield McCowan; Brother-in-law Albert Decall; four nieces and nephews; and numerous aunts, uncles and...
